Elsie Poncher was one smart lady, and so was her late husband, Richard. In advance of the inevitable, he had purchased two side-by-side burial spots in Westwood Village Memorial Park from Joe DiMaggio when Joltin' Joe and Marilyn Monroe were divorced. One spot is just above Marilyn's. She died in 1962 at age 36, Mr. Poncher died in 1986, at age 81.
Pretty smart investment. Now Elsie Poncher, needs $1.6 million to pay off the mortgage on her Beverly Hills home, so what idea did she come up with? Selling Richard's tomb on eBay. Of course, she's not going to leave her late husband out in the cold, but will move him to the space next to it. Thrifty Widow Poncher was to have been entombed there herself, but decided to be cremated instead. I can imagine how hard it would be, lying next to your dead husband while he lies over the movie Goddess.
There must be a lot of people who want to spend eternity over Marilyn Monroe, since bidding opened at $500,000 and was soon pulling in bids as high as $1.5 million.
As of Saturday August 22nd, bidding was up to $4,601,400.00, which could probably pay off the mortgage on the Empire State Building
Mr. Poncher had such foresight, he beat out, of all people, Hugh Heffner, who bought the spot next to Monroe in 1992, six years after Richard bought the one above her.
We don't yet know in what physical position Mr. Poncher will be placed when he's moved into the new spot next to the one he currently occupies, but in his present place above Marilyn, he's facing down.
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I'm Through With Love.
Then he's been facing her for 23 years without luck.